The German strategic predicament and Hitler's rise
German relative economic weakness and the fall of France
Seelöwe : the planned invasion of England
The rising Soviet threat to German European hegemony
Hitler's decision, Marita and countdown to invasion
The logic behind Barbarossa's chance for victory in the East
Drang nach Osten : The drive to the East
Historical explanations for Germany's defeat in the East
An early drive for Moscow
The "fatal" delay of Marita and a southern typhoon
Nazi genocide, ideology and the loss of hearts and minds
A Japanese attack on the USSR and the key to German victory
The pursuit of oil and the road to global war
The critical summer and the road south
Finland fails Germany and itself.
